Don Geronimo, whose real name is Michael Sorce, made the comments toward WUSA9 reporter Sharla McBride. The remarks led to the Commanders barring iHeartMedia \u2013 the parent company of WBIG Radio \u2013 from the team\u2019s training camp facilities in\u00a0Ashburn, Virginia, on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey look, Barbie\u2019s here. Hi, Barbie girl,\u201d Geronimo shouted toward McBride while on air on Thursday. \u201cI\u2019m guessing she\u2019s a cheerleader.\u201d<\/p>\n
Geronimo was with co-host Crash Young when the remarks were made. Later in the broadcast, Geronimo saw McBride again and mentioned that she was the woman Young had thought was \u201ctight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYah. I screamed tight when she was \u2026\u201d Young said before being cut off.<\/p>\n
Geronimo added that he thought she was a \u201ccheerleader.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/picture><\/div>\nDon Geronimo<\/span>\u00a0(Getty Images \/ File)<\/span><\/p>\n After a couple of days, the radio station decided to part ways with Geronimo \u2013 iHeartMedia signed a three-year partnership with the Commanders in 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter an internal review, Don Geronimo is no longer an employee of WBIG,\u201d iHeartMedia\u2019s D.C. Region President Aaron Hyland said in a statement to the Washington Post. \u201cWe take matters of this nature very seriously and this behavior does not align with our core values.\u201d<\/p>\n COLTS OWNER RULES OUTS TRADE FOR JONATHAN TAYLOR DESPITE REQUEST FROM STAR RB: REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n McBride said she was \u201churt\u201d by the comments that were made.<\/p>\n A Washington Commanders helmet on the field during training camp at OrthoVirginia Training Center on July 28, 2022, in Ashburn, Virginia.<\/span>\u00a0(Scott Taetsch\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen I heard the comments made about me on the radio show, I felt incredibly insulted and embarrassed,\u201d she told ESPN. \u201cIn my 17 years as a professional journalist, I have never been disrespected in such a blatant manner while trying to do my job. Their words were sexist and misogynistic. No woman should experience this in the workplace, and I appreciate the Commanders\u2019 swift response in handling this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n According to WUSA9, new team owner\u00a0Josh Harris\u00a0and team president Jason Wright were extremely upset over the ordeal.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have worked hard to ensure that everyone feels safe and respected in our workplace, and we took swift action when we learned that an employee of our partner iHeart made sexually disparaging remarks to and about a member of the media while she was broadcasting live from training camp yesterday,\u201d a team spokesperson told the station on Saturday.<\/p>\n Geronimo tweeted he wasn\u2019t going to comment on the situation.<\/p>\n Commanders\u2019 new owner Josh Harris addresses a gathering that included players at FedEx Field to celebrate the new ownership on July 21, 2023, in Landover, Maryland.<\/span>\u00a0(John McDonnell\/The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAt this time I will not be providing comment on the events of the last few days. I am consulting with my advisers as to my options moving forward, including an accurate reflection of the situation,\u201d he wrote on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Don Geronimo\u2019s remarks initially led to station being barred from training camp A Washington, D.C.-based…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":50,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Commanders](\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Commanders-helmet.jpg\")
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